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Ingelrii

The Ingelrii group of Viking swords are characterised by their blade inscriptions, stylised as INGELRII, INGELRD or INGELRILT. They are somewhat younger than the better known (and better attested) Ulfberht group, and they continued to be made until slightly later, that is, into the 12th century.

Other variations of the inscription have also been found: INGRLRIIMEFECIT on a sword found by Sigridsholm, Sweden, and INGELRIH FECIT on a sword found in Flemma, Norway.

By 1951, Oakeshott had identified thirteen such swords, and had suggested that another, now at Wisbech Museum, is also an Ingelrii, a possibility also considered by Davidson.

Known Ingelrii swords

  • British Museum – Ingelrii, found in the River Thames, along the King's Reach, at Temple
  • Wisbech Museum – found at Raven's Willow, Peterborough.
  • Lower Saxony State Museum, Hanover
  • Bavarian National Museum, Munich – found in the Danube near Hilgartsberg
  • Swiss National Museum, Zurich — an 11th-century sword found in Marin, Neuchatel.
  • Sword with +INGELRI+ inscription ,and +PREBM+ on the reverse side, pommel of "tea-cosy", length 89.5 cm (blade 75 cm.
  • A singular sword with a variant form of the inscription, read as +SINIGELRINIS+, dated mid 10th to mid 11th century, formerly of the Frank Unrath collection (auctioned in 2013)
  • References

    Ingelrii Wikipedia